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During a media session prior to the February 2009 Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pointed at me and said, "You owe me for getting you a week's vacation in Tampa." Tomlin was right. Sort of. His compelling story and intensely local ties — he graduated from Denbigh High School and the College of William and Mary — were the sole reason I was in Florida wearing shorts in the dead of winter. But truth be told, I've been on vacation since starting at the Daily Press 30 years ago Wednesday. What other gig affords a front-row seat to Hall of Fame athletes, coaches and administrators, not to mention...

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During a media session prior to the February 2009 Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pointed at me and said, "You owe me for getting you a week's vacation in Tampa."
Tomlin was right....

Davante Gardner knows precisely what he needs to show professional basketball scouts, and it has little to do with his considerable skills.
"I hear the same thing from everybody," Gardner said. "Have a motor, run the floor every time and...

Buzz Williams attended a junior college. He barged his way into coaching there and earned his nickname in the process. Most telling, the top four scorers on the first of Williams' Sweet 16 teams at Marquette were junior-college transfers.
So it is no...

PHILADELPHIA â" Less than an hour before the 8 p.m. tipoff, Philadelphia 76ers employees are scurrying around the Wells Fargo Center, hoping this Saturday night unfolds as planned.
It's late March, and the team is handing out Allen Iverson...

Four former Old Dominion players are on Major League Soccer rosters, including two-time Colonial Athletic Association defender of the year David Horst, a 2007 ODU graduate who plays for the Portland Timbers.
Horst, the ninth pick of the 2010 MLS...

Freshly minted Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari hasn't been accused of wrongdoing, just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Twice.
First at UMass, and now Memphis, Calipari walked out on programs ahead of allegations of major NCAA...

Pistons guard and former Bethel High star Allen Iverson might not miss the whole two weeks doctors have suggested he use to recover from a sore back.
Iverson returned to the team and attended practice Thursday after visiting doctors at Georgetown...

Racin' faced long odds Saturday night.
Less than two hours before the green flag fell at Richmond International Raceway, a 50-to-1 shot stormed through on the rail to win the Kentucky Derby going away. And just as the Sprint Cup crowd began turning...

After a search that lasted seven weeks and included at least two unsuccessful attempts at securing at an offensive coordinator, Virginia coach Mike London finally has his man on offense.
Bill Lazor, who most recently was the quarterbacks coach for the...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Redshirt freshman B.J. Daniels ran for 126 yards and threw two touchdown passes in his first start Saturday to lead undefeated South Florida to a 17-7 win at No. 18 Florida State in the first meeting between the schools.
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Shawn Marion's dunk with 1.1 seconds left gave the visiting Miami Heat a 95-93 win over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.
Dwyane Wade, selected as a starter for the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Star game this weekend in Phoenix, scored 24...

Shawn Marion's most memorable play with the Miami Heat was his last.
Hours after Marion's last-second dunk lifted the Heat past the Chicago Bulls, he was traded Friday to the Toronto Raptors for Jermaine O'Neal, ending a weeks-long saga involving the...

College football's chattering class isn't fawning over Mike London's recruits or staff. And no wonder.
Such breathless acclaim is reserved for those who sign All-Galaxy prospects with 0.3 percent body fat and hire assistants who don't require...

Seth Greenberg's lemonade stand of a basketball roster isn't what he envisioned, though it does provide him with familiar slogans and marketing opportunities.
No one would suggest that Virginia Tech's coach feels better about the team he has, compared to...

TORONTO -- Bulls guard Derrick Rose said he expects to be cleared for contact either this week or next and remains confident he'll return from arthroscopic right knee surgery this season.
"Oh yeah, I’m not worried about that," Rose said....

The shots kept coming.
Five made corner 3-pointers, followed by five made wing 3-pointers, followed by five made 3-pointers from the top of the key and then the same routine on the other side of the court and back again.
Whenever Derrick Rose moved to...

The summary
The Bulls throttled the Raptors 108-92 Friday night at the United Center, taking over third place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They shot 53.2 percent, their highest since hitting 53.9 percent from the field in a Jan. 16 victory...

The summary
It's not often an NBA game swings from a 10-point deficit to a 19-point lead and back to a 20-point deficit. But that's what Saturday night's 107-91 Bulls' loss to the Pistons featured. After trailing by 10 early, the Bulls used a 23-4 run in...

Two weeks ago, Pau Gasol expressed what it meant to set a career high for double-doubles, a league-leading total now at 47 and counting.But nobody could have predicted another career high in Gasol's 14th NBA season. With 5-for-5 3-point shooting...